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Black men have specific obstacles in America that no other people can relate to. The complexities of what it means to be a man and that understanding as one grows up is only multiplied in its difficulty by the systemic barriers in our society that black men must overcome. Today on Le Soapbox, Baude…

There is no black leader with a legacy more misconstrued than Malcolm X. There are even black people who feed into the idea that Malcolm was at best, an irresponsible black leader who's methods were not as effective, or rational as the peaceful Martin Luther King. Today on Le Soapbox, via his …

In this bonus episode Baudelaire shares a poem written a few years ago about John Carlos and that iconic fist moment at the Olympic games. The poem, and this bonus episode overall, is about the value of having a platform.Send Voice Memos to: LeSoapboxPod@gmail.comFollow on Social MediaInstagram: @B…

The image of Martin Luther King Jr we get today from mainstream media and the school system is of an ultimate pacifist who believed in white America all the way to his bloody end. Today on Le Soapbox, Baudelaire, via Martin's "Three Evils of Society" speech, paints a more accurate de…